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Recommendation to Accept the Police and Fire Services Fee Report. (Finance 2410)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Accept the Police and Fire Services Fee Report
BACKGROUND
On March 21, 1990, the City Council adopted the Police and Fire Fee Ordinance, which established the City's Police and Fire Services Fee requirements as Section 27-2 of the Alameda Municipal Code and requires that this fee be imposed on all new construction. These fees serve to mitigate the impacts caused by new construction on Police and Fire facility demands. The original fee was 12 cents per square foot. In 1991, the fee was increased to 14 cents per square foot; in February 1995 it was increased to 15.5 cents per square foot. Effective September 15, 2014, fees were eliminated and incorporated into the new Development Impact Fee (DIF) ordinance. However, the City will continue to collect the Police and Fire Fees per the development agreement with TriPoint Homes since it was entered into prior to establishment of the DIF. Collection and reporting of these fees will cease after the completion of the development agreement.
DISCUSSION
Under the Police and Fire Fee Ordinance, at the time of final inspection or date of the Certificate of Occupancy, whichever occurs first, the developer/builder must pay the Police and Fire Services Fee The ordinance allowed for an appeal process whereby the developer/builder may apply for an adjustment or waiver of the Police and Fire Services Fee. The appeal process, under former Alameda Municipal Code 27-2 included an administrative public hearing and a right of appeal to the City Council.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Police and Fire Services Fee Ordinance has no impact on the General Fund. By ordinance, funds from this fee are segregated in a special fund (Fund 161) that can only be used for eligible purposes specified in the ordi...
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